Mrs. Butlerasked the Minister of Health what is the total number of deaths during the last 20 years from smallpox and from smallpox vaccination, respectively, in Great Britain; and what is the percentage of deaths from smallpox vaccination of the vaccinated and the percentage of deaths from smallpox of the unvaccinated.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithThere were in Great Britain 89 deaths from smallpox in the period 1939–58, inclusive. During this period 151 deaths were attributed to complications following smallpox vaccination. I regret that information about the number of persons vaccinated in this period is incomplete.
Mrs. Butlerasked the Minister of Health what is the total number of deaths during the last 20 years from smallpox and from smallpox vaccination, respectively, of children up to the age of five years; and what is the percentage of deaths from smallpox vaccination of the vaccinated and the percentage of deaths from smallpox of the unvaccinated among these children.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithThere were in Great Britain in the period 1939–58 three deaths from smallpox of children up to the age of five years. During this period 103 deaths were attributed to complications following vaccination. I regret that information is incomplete about the number of children under five vaccinated during the whole of this period.